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Is OpenMoko dead ? Not really.
Surprised ? IT journals have been quite quick to report OpenMoko’s death after Sean Moss-Pultz’s announce at OpenExpo. It seems to me they’ve been so quick that they missed something. So here is a quick post to quickly make clear a what it needs to. Also, OpenMoko hasn’t put out a Press Release yet, which [...]
Annoying people is fun – URL expander
Lifehacker’s fools day post is nice one, after tens of URL shortening services (like this one, which I see so much on identi.ca) , finally we can enjoy a fast, no-question-asked URL expander. Seriously, how cool is that ? I …
Worst of the week (roundup)
…and more. Update: this post contains mixed serious and not serious stuff which may be misleading to some. Adding some markers for readers convenience 
Update 2: we know baby’s father . Apple’s always full of surprises Apple, Podium and copyright trademark gone bad : How to make the coolest products in the mark for [...]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. How to waste time.
This post is inspired by a comment from CaptainHawk and by Linux Loop’s article “Repository Adding Via Apt-URL – An Overlooked Feature of Ubuntu 9.04″. So, let’s look how the feature will be implemented and why it is overlooked. (hint: because it sucks). Introduction, apt-url and the problem (you can skip this) Thanks to the [...]
Apple, Podium and Copyright gone bad
Apple is not new at playing bad. What I like about Apple is their skill to surprise people, but when it comes to their aggressive legal behaviour with competitors, well… that’s definitely no longer the case. News is that Apple recently sent a cease and desist letter to Procreate, claiming copyright trademark infringement …
![[HOW TO] Get the new Notifications on Intrepid](http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/screenshot10-150x106.png)
[HOW TO] Get the new Notifications on Intrepid
Update: fixed a minor glitch in the how-to, added a troubleshooting section. Update2: added new dependency to the instructions. Also note that to update your existing version you need to go into its directory, type “bzr pull”, sudo apt-get install libwnck-dev, and recompile. Hi, Alex Rybicki posted a tutorial about how to get the new [...]
UbuntuWeblogs.org call
Hi, this is a call to the Ubuntu bloggers around which are not yet on UbuntuWeblogs.org to join it and get their blog aggregated. Why ? I believe that UbuntuWeblogs got few subscribers in the recent times, mostly because it’s not widely known. I …
Karmic Koala Features
As Mark Shuttleworth announcements are sometimes cryptic, I put together what follows:
![[Meme] Apps Guerrilla](http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/love-150x150.png)
[Meme] Apps Guerrilla
I’d like to launch a new meme. I don’t know if I have enough readers to start a successful meme, but I’m gonna try anyway. I am looking to know which kind of desktop application people miss on the Linux desktop and which kind of application …
Italian public television switches to DRM crap
Non italians readers may not know that many of us have an terrible opinion of the nation they live in. Yes, we think even worse about our nation than what foreigners do. Many of us use to complain saying “We’re in Italy” when something is not right (which means more or less: here things work [...]
